Wampler
Slowed by Mechanical Issue During OCRS
Event at Lawton
Inside Line
Promotions - LAWTON, Okla. (April 29,
2015) - A mechanical issue plagued Cody
Wampler throughout the Oil Capital
Racing Series event at Lawton Speedway
last Saturday.
"For us it
wasn't that great of a night, but it was
a great turnout," he said. "They had
like 38 cars. We went to push off for
the heat race and the engine sounded
like it was missing. We had just put
some spark plugs back in. It sounded
like the wires were crossed or something
so I didn't go out on the track."
Wampler, who
was slated to line up eighth in his heat
race, returned to his pit to diagnose
the problem. That relegated him to the
back of a B Main, which transferred the
top four to the main event.
"We checked a
few things and busted it off and it
sounded fine," he said. "Then when we
went on the track for the B Main it was
missing again. We thought it might have
been fuel issues and it'd clear out, but
it never did. We ran the whole race
anyway."
Wampler rallied
from his 13th starting
position to sixth place by working the
bottom groove, but that line began to
slow in the closing laps.
"The bottom
went away and I went to the top, but
didn't have the power to run up there on
seven cylinders," he said. "So we didn't
make the show, but we found the problem.
I think we had a rocker arm that was
worn out."
Wampler ended
with a seventh-place result in the B
Main. The team is in the process of
fixing the problem prior to this
Saturday's race at Lawton Speedway.
"I inherited
this car about two weeks before the
season started," he said. "I was trying
to do a winters worth of work in a few
weeks. It's just bugs we keep finding. I
think the car is going to work well. I'm
really optimistic if we can just get
some of these things lined out we can
have a competitive car."
QUICK
RESULTS -
April 25 -
Lawton Speedway in Lawton, Okla. - Heat
race: DNS (8); B Main: 7 (13).
SEASON
STATS -
2 races, 0
wins, 0 top fives, 0 top 10s, 1 top 15,
1 top 20
UP NEXT
-
Saturday at
Lawton Speedway in Lawton, Okla.
MEDIA
LINKS -
Website:
http://www.WamplerMotorsports.com
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/WamplerMotorsports
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